Microsoft had introduced Desktop Stickers in Windows 11 Insider build 25162. The Desktop Stickers feature allows you to choose and edit stickers for your wallpaper using Windows Spotlight or a picture with Fill as your desktop background image. You can add stickers to your desktop through Settings or the desktop context menu.
When the Desktop Stickers are enabled, it also places “Add or edit stickers” on the desktop context menu. However, it is possible to remove this context menu by tweaking the Registry if you don’t need it.
In this gearupwindows article, you will learn how to add or remove the “Add or edit stickers” Desktop context menu in Windows 11.
To hide the “Add or edit stickers” in the Windows 11 desktop context menu, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open Registry Editor.
Step 2. Navigate to the following key in the left sidebar of the Registry Editor window:-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\EditStickers
Step 3. Right-click on the
Step 4. Once done, the “Permissions for EditStickers” window will open. Here, click on the
Step 5. In the following screen, click the
Step 6. Click the
Step 7. Click the
Step 8. Under the “Search results” section, click
Step 9. Click
Step 10. Click
Step 11. Click
Step 12. Click
Step 13. Select
Step 14. Click
Step 15. Click
Step 16. Again, right-click on the
Step 17. Click
Step 18. Restart your computer to apply the changes.
Once you complete the above steps, the “Add or edit stickers” desktop context menu will no longer appear in Windows 11.
If you wish to add the “Add or edit stickers” Desktop context menu in Windows 11, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open Registry Editor.
Step 2. Browse or navigate to the following key in the left sidebar of the Registry Editor window:-
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell
Step 3. Right-click on the
Step 4. Name the newly created key to
Step 5. Right-click on the
Step 6. Name the newly created REG_SZ to
Step 7. Again, right-click on the
Step 8. Name this new REG_SZ to
Step 9. Double-click on the
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Step 10. Click
Step 11. Restart your computer.
Once you complete the above steps, the “Add or edit stickers” desktop context menu will appear again in your Windows 11 machine.